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ID: 359289
Title: Death of a Rainmaker: A Dust Bowl Mystery
Author: Laurie Loewenstein
Narrator: Emily Sutton-Smith
Format: Unabridged
Length: 10:36:11
Language: English
Release date: 01-29-19
Publisher: Blackstone Audiobooks
Genres: Fiction & Literature, Mystery, Thriller & Horror, Historical Fiction, Police Stories
Summary:
When a rainmaker is bludgeoned to death in the pitch-blackness of a colossal dust storm, small-town sheriff Temple Jennings shoulders yet another burden in the hard times of the 1930s Dust Bowl. The killing only magnifies Temples ongoing troubles: a formidable opponent in the upcoming election, the repugnant burden of enforcing farm foreclosures, and his wifes lingering grief over the loss of their eight-year-old son.
As the sheriff and his young deputy investigate the murder, their suspicions focus on a teenager, Carmine, serving with the Civilian Conservation Corps. The deputy, himself a former CCCer, struggles with remaining loyal to the corps while pursuing his own aspirations as a lawman.
When the investigation closes in on Carmine, Temples wife, Etha, quickly becomes convinced of his innocence and sets out to prove it. But Ethas own probe soon reveals a darker web of secrets, which imperil Temples chances of reelection and cause the husband and wife to confront their long-standing differences about the nature of grief.
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